Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters

64 Abdolrasool Vatandoust, Eskandar Mokhtari Taleqani, Mahmoud Nejati

7. Invite international experts to present guidelines.


8. Provide emergency protection for crumbling buildings
   in order to preserve them until a comprehensive solu-
   tion for their preservation is found.


9. remove debris (fig. 10–15).


10. secure and stabilise (fig. 16 and 17).


11. Prepare documentation.


12. establish an earthen material laboratory (fig. 18 and
    19).


13. record testimonies and carry out archaeological inves-
    tigations (fig. 20 and 21).


14. establish an earthen material laboratory. The Bam
    earthquake caused such a deadly blow to the culture
    of building in earthen material that it will not be for-
    gotten for a long time by the general public. However,
    the complete preservation of the earthen buildings
    that survived the earthquake has been among the
    first actions of ICHHto for revitalizing the tradition
    of earthen architecture in Bam.


15. establish an earthen material laboratory, relying on
    traditional know-how, so as to be able to produce
    appropriate earthen bricks. actions such as establish-
    ing the laboratory and reconstructing religious build-
    ings in unbaked earth were able to create some hope
    for the salvation of the culture of building in earthen
    material in the region. These actions have been helpful

in reconsidering the tradition of producing unbaked

brick and the technology of building in this material

in Bam.

16. Put the area surrounding the arg in order (fig. 22–25).


17. establish a visitor passage (pathway), which was already
    taken into consideration in the early days after the
    earthquake and which later acquired a renewed image
    after the debris from the bazaar had been removed
    and the signs to show the boundaries and roads had
    been fixed.


18. Carry out actions focused mainly on the protection
    of the remaining earthen structures with maximum
    caution, as recommended in international conven-
    tions and charters.


19. Provide access to visitors (fig. 26 and 27). The earth-
    quake in Bam did not reduce the number of visitors;
    in fact the number gradually increased. The particu-
    lar condition of the monument after the earthquake
    attracted a number of enthusiasts to the arg. among

Figs. 8 and 9 Bam, basic studies in Bam

include archaeology

Fig. 10–15 Bam, removal of debris

Fig. 4–7 Bam, equipping a workshop, establishing a base for the project and employing necessary human ressources